2015 FORD FIESTA Complaints

MY CAR IS 3 YEARS OLD AND HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED 6 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR AND THEN IT HAD THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE REPLACED - NOW I ALWAYS TAKE MY CAR TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS : MY CAR BROKE DOWN 2 WEEKS AGAIN AMD I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER - THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO PAY FOR A NEW BATTERY IN ORDER FOR THEM TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR $300 IT COST ME ( I JUST REPLACED THE BATTERY IN MY CAR 6 MONTHS AGO), BRIGHT CAR HOME AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON( I ASKED TO SPEAK WITH A MANAGER AT THIS POINT AND THE MANAGER IN CHARGE TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD GET IT FIXED -$73 IT COST ME. ( I WAS CHARGED ONLY FOR THE PART-NO LABOR ) BRIGHT CAR HOME ON THURSDAY AND CAR WAS MAKING A NOISE SO I TEXTED THE MANAGER AND HE SAID IF IT WAS STILL SAFE TO DRIVE THEN DO SO AND BRING IT IN ON MONDAY. IT BROKE DOWN THAT SUNDAY AND WAS TOWED INTO DEALER. NOW THE ENGINE IS RUINED AND THEY EXPECT ME TO PAY FOR IT WHEN IT WAS THEIR NEGLECT THAT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO BLOW. IT WAS THE TIMING BUILT - WHEN THEY FINALLY REALIZED THAT IT WAS TOO LATE. I WAS NOT CHARGED FOR THE TIMING BELT EITHER. I TAKE MY CAR ONLY TO CHAPMAN FORD 9371 ROOSEVELT BLVD 19114

IN THE PAST ONE YEAR EVERY TIME I REFUEL MY CAR WORKS WEIRD FOR A COUPLE OF MILES. WHILE I'M DRIVING AND STOPS AT INTERSECTIONS OR WHATEVER REASONS, IT FEELS LIKE THE ENGINE WANTS TO STOP (RPM DROPS TO/BELOW 500). AFTER A FEW MILES THE PROBLEM IS GONE UNTIL THE NEXT REFUELING. ALL SYSTEM IS NORMAL AS PER THE COMPUTER / DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSTICS, AND I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE REASON.

EVER SINCE I'VE HAD MY CAR THE TRANSMISSION FEELS LIKE ITS GOING OUT IT JERKS REALLY HARD WHEN YOU PRESS ON THE GAS TO TRY TO TAKE OFF.

TAKATA RECALL MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN STALLING OUT SOON AFTER FUELING AND REQUIRING 3-5 MINUTES BEFORE BEING ABLE TO STAR THE VEHICLE. OFTEN TIMES AFTER FUELING THE VEHICLE DOES NOT START BACK UP RIGHT AWAY. IN THE LAST 4 MONTHS, I'VE BEEN SEEING THIS ISSUE PROGRESS EVEN AFTER SPEAKING WITH AND GETTING A DIAGNOSIS FROM THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS. MY 2015 FORD FIESTA HAS STALLED OUT ON ME WHILE DRIVING 4 TIMES! I CAN LITERALLY BE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN THE BATTERY AND ENGINE LIGHTS TURN ON AND MY VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY SHUTS OFF. THIS WAS A PREVIOUS RECALL AN I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY SOLID RESPONSES AS TO WHETHER OR NOT MY VEHICLE STILL QUALIFIES FOR THIS RECALL. THIS ISSUE IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN AND THE FACT THAT FORD IS NOT GIVING SOLID ANSWERS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL FIX IT IS BEYOND ME. I STILL HAVE 2 YEARS LEFT ON MY WARRANTY AND THEY ARE STILL GIVING ME A HARD TIME.

VEHICLE STALLS AT START UP AFTER GAS IS PUT IN CAR, ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND STALLS WHEN STOPPED WHILE FOOT ON BREAK AND STALLS AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON BOTH SIDE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. HAS HAPPENED A HANDFUL OF TIMES. ENGINE LIGHT TURNS OFF FOR A COUPLE DAYS THEN TURNS BACK ON AND STAYS FOR MONTHS AT A TIME

EVERY TIME I FILL UP AT THE GAS STATION, WHILE MY CAR IS AT AN IDLE ANY TIME WITHIN DRIVING A MILE THE IDLE DROPS LIKE THE ENGINE WANTS TO CUT OFF OR STALL. AFTER DRIVING A MILE IT SEEMS FINE AND NO OTHER PROBLEMS UNTIL THE NEXT FILL UP. THIS HAPPENS EVERY FILL UP. TRIED LEAVING THE GAS NOZZLE IN THE FILL HOLE FOR UP TO 10 SECONDS AND IT DOESN'T HELP.

6 SPPED TRANSMISSION FAILS TO START UP. I HAVE TO PLACE THE IGNITION BACK INTO THE KEY LOCATION ON DASH TO START CAR. ALSO, THERE ARE EXHAUST FUMES COMING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR WHEN I USE THE HEATER FAN,

TAKATA RECALL ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2018, MY HUSBAND AND I HAD OUR CAR TOWED TO FRIENDLY FORD. IT BROKE DOWN WHILE DRIVING 35 MILES AN HOUR. IT HAD LESS THAN 21,000 MILES ON IT. OUR SERVICE ADVISER SAID WOULD BE ABOUT FRIDAY OR SATURDAY OF THAT WEEK BEFORE WE COULD GET A DIAGNOSIS. HE INITIALLY TOLD US THAT THERE WAS NO MORE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY LEFT ON THE CAR (IT HAD EXPIRED ON JUNE OF 2018), BUT THAT IT PROBABLY WOULD BE COVERED WITH THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY SO WE LEFT THE CAR AT FRIENDLY FORD. HE DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE BELT JUMPED 45 DEGREES WHICH CAUSED IT TO GET CAUGHT IN THE PULLEY OF THE TIMING BELT AND THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED BY THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. I CALLED THE FORD CORPORATION AND WAS TOLD THAT IF IT WAS NOT COVERED BY A WARRANTY THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO FURNISH A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION WARRANTY ESPECIALLY WITH SUCH A LOW MILEAGE ON THE CAR, BUT WHEN I CALLED BACK TO ASKED THEM ABOUT IT, I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING AVAILABLE. WHEN WE BOUGHT THE CAR IT ONLY HAD 10,093 MILES ON IT AND WE DIDN'T EVEN PUT 11,000 MILES ON IT BEFORE ALL OF THIS HAPPENED. AFTER WE HAD IT TOWED TO AUTO AIR AND MORE, THEY CHECKED IT OUT AND FOUND THAT SAME PROBLEM. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD FORD FIESTA THAT HAD HAD THE SAME PROBLEM BUT OURS WAS BY FAR THE WORST CASE. FRIENDLY FORD TOLD US THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHY THE TIMING JUMPED 45 DEGREES BUT THERE HAS TO BE AN REASON WHY IT JUMPED. A CAR WITH LESS THAN 21,000 MILES DOES NOT JUMP ON IT'S OWN WITHOUT SOME REASON FOR IT. IT HAPPENED REAL FAST TOO.

MULTIPLE ISSUES: THE AIR BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR FAILED AND IS A KNOWN PROBLEM ON ALL FIESTAS AND FORD REFUSES TO FIX WITHOUT CHARGING $800. IT FAILED AT 37,000 MILES, 1000 MILES OVER THE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. ADDITIONALLY, THE SLIDE PINS ON THE BREAK CALIPERS FREEZE OFTEN AND NEED TO BE GREASED TWICE A YEAR IN ORDER TO PREVENT BREAKS BEING STUCK ON.

THE DOOR LOCK ON THE REAR PASSENGER STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT CAME ON ON MY DASH AND THE DOOR CAME OPEN WHILE DRIVING. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO CHECK THE DOOR. I TRIED REPEATEDLY TO CLOSE THE DOOR AND IT WOULD NOT LATCH OR STAY SHUT. I HAD TO RIG THE DOOR CLOSED BY TYING IT OFF INSIDE THE VEHICLE SO I COULD PROCEED HOME FROM WORK. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE SINCE THEN.